What is El Niño and it’s impacts on the earth?
El Niño means Little Boy in Spanish. South American fishermen first noticed periods of unusually warm water in the Pacific Ocean in the 1600s. The full name they used was El Niño de Navidad, because El Niño typically peaks around December.
What is La Niña and it’s impacts on the earth?
La Niña means “little girl” in Spanish. It has the opposite effect of El Niño and is sometimes referred to as El Viejo, anti-El Niño, or “a cold event.”
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